The message was clear, on the final day of Dallas Cowboys minicamp: "Vacation starts when vacation starts."
The Cowboys have five weeks off, after today. Time to rest up before a trip to California.
"You try to get yourself refreshed and recharged," head coach Jason Garrett said, "to get ready to go once training camp starts."
Vacation may be getting under way, but a lot of these guys understand that if you want to get another one of those, there's a lot of work that has to get done between now and Oxnard.
"It's about being a family, not just being a team," quarterback Dak Prescott said. "The moment we walk in here, we're a team. So it's about being more than that. Finding when and where we can get that camaraderie in the right way, we can grow with each other. Be a brotherhood, and be a family."
As a result, Prescott and running back Zeke Elliott are organizing a trip for quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers to work on that chemistry during this break.
"Oh, I think that's everything," Garrett said approvingly. "Ultimately, the time that quarterbacks spend with their receivers, alone on a practice field by themselves, that's what translates more than anything else."
And with a fresh, young, new crop of wideouts, the work is even more necessary.
"I mean, if they want to make the impact that they could make this season, then they're gonna have to come and work these next five weeks," Elliott said. "They're gonna have to work with Dak. So I think it's gonna be important that we put in work these next five weeks."
Who said vacation?